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This could be the city where you’ll find your dream hotel.  Madras,  India has many luxurious choices, and our hotels are designed to rejuvenate your body and soul.  With state of the art accommodations, excellent food prepared by our world class chefs, and a concierge who can help you find your way around, you will find yourself in a very hospitable place.  Some of the hotels even have spas where you can take in a wonderful massage before beginning your day seeing the city.  With a combination of practical necessities and gracious details, there is something here the whole family will enjoy.

Madras has a fascinating history, and there are tours and many sights that are as informative as they are entertaining.  One of the biggest attractions to Madras, of course, is the star-gazing that is possible only in the home of Kollywood.  Kollywood, India’s Tamil cinema, is a huge industry, and one whose roots come from old movie houses at the beginning of the 20th century.  Before that, there are some precursors to the form and style in some of the folk theatre traditions that are still very important to the cultural make-up of the city.  One of the hottest directors in town, and one to surely watch, is Simbudevan.

His first large-scale Kollywood film, Arasam 23am Pulakesi, has caused a good deal of excitement in local and global cinema.  He has reinvented the satire and brought it to film, with this historical comedy that some compare to early Mel Brooks.  The story is an old one, centering around a set of twins, played masterfully by Vadivelu, one bad and one good, and involves a farce-style switch-up, and plays upon very old themes of good and evil to great comic effect.  Simbudevan, whose background is cartooning, has a great sense of the humorous, and this is back in play with his upcoming film, Arai En 305-il Kadavul, about god staying in a hotel room next door to two average guys.  The word on the street is that this is another blockbuster for the young filmmaker.

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There is a reason breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It helps keep you focused for the 8 am leadership development course and keeps you from wanting to eat the entire contents of the office fridge at 10:30. Studies have also show that it can help reduce stress throughout the day.

Breakfast is a key component to managing daily stress. If you are under-nourished for the day your concentration can suffer and so can your health. Because you skipped breakfast, you will be so hungry by the time you eat lunch that you might end up bingeing on high fat foods. So maybe you didn’t need that burrito from Chipotle but you were so ravenous you ate the entire thing.  Also, people who eat breakfast regularly tend to have fewer problems with their weight and less stress overall.  Eating breakfast makes it easier to participate in daily tasks, such as that management development seminar at work.

Eating breakfast has been shown to be especially important to teens. Skipping breakfast led to lower test scores on English and math tests and a lower attendance rate. Difficultly with problem solving skills and it resulted in being ranked lower in class rankings.  That is why it is important to have your children on a breakfast regiment from a young age. It will help them stay focused and perform better on standardized tests and in their daily school work.

It’s just as important for adults who have children to eat their breakfast as well. Parents need to lead by example, and them just having a cup of coffee in the morning is not doing anything for their children or their own health.

Also make sure the breakfast is balanced, you don’t want to be eating a fast food breakfast every morning. Try to take time to sit down and have a bowl of cereal. Your health will benefit and so will your stress levels.

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Dubai is a fascinating urban center, full of cultural heritage and major landmarks. It has a beautiful night time city perspective and attractions many Western tourists throughout the year. One of the reasons Dubai remains an active tourist center in all seasons is due to its desert climate. This means that Fall and Winter are sometimes more preferable to vacationers who just don’t want to deal with the intense summer heat. This however, also serves as one of the major reason some tourists from colder climates choose to visit it in the summer. Whatever the time of year, or the specific reason, Dubai continues to grow in international popularity and annual vacation destination. A guest staying in a 5 star Dubai hotel can expect the best in luxury accommodations.

Dubai Summer Surprises is one of the annual events that is popular among residents as well as tourists. It has been active for 11 years, and has become something of a recent tradition in the city. There are numerous cultural exhibits and food stands, and provides great informational opportunities. This is also one of the most popular souvenir finding events in the city. Many venues and businesses take part in this yearly event that has become internationally known. It features fashion shows, live music performances among many other things and even offers chances to win major cash prizes.

The Magic Planet is one of the theme oriented displays that is featured as part of the festival. It is a huge attraction for people of all ages, and provides fun and fascination, as well as educational opportunities. The Disney Bouncing Zone is another play oriented activity, and provides pretty much what the name implies, lDisney themed activities and fun. The Torathna Heritage Display offers interesting and sometimes rare exhibits on the natural and cultural heritage. The music events include the extremely popular Percussion and Samba Group.

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As with wine, some cheeses, and with love, age tends to make many things more…rich.  More better.  This is true of the one of Cape Town, South Africa’s oldest out door markets, the Greenmarket Square.  This market is set on cobblestone, between two streets, Long Market Street and Short Market Street.  The people of Cape Town have been coming here for years to buy clothes, sandals and shoes, jewelry and artwork.  This place is a buzz, one of the most eccentric and colorful characteristics of a city, that is eccentric and colorful.  This is a quaint and hip area wherein one may find the perfect boutique hotel Cape Town has to offer as well as the perfect scarf or piece of jewelry to take home as remembrance.

And while the market place has remained popular over the years with locals, and is gaining in popularity with the tourists, the prices remain reasonable and the vibe remains the same.  From fabric to make clothing and blankets and pillows, to objets de curios, to artifacts and artworks, this is the place to go.  The market offers up not only these items of Africa, but from just about every other city and country in the world as well.

Barter, barter and more barter…it’s the name of the game in the market.  There are many restaurants popping up around the borders of Greenmarket, excellent opportunities to sample the local food, tasty and delicious, while relaxing and people watching during a break in the shopping spree.  And one should not be put off if the service in the coffee shops is gruff, just think of grabbing a cup of joe in many of the Manhattan or Brooklyn shops, and get on with the day.  It’s a fast paced environment here, and people work hard. Originally, the market was one structure, built in 1696.  First a watch house then the City Hall, it has turned into a burgeoning square.  And one must simply experience, no way around it…do not leave Cape Town without going to Greenmarket Square.

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